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’Southern A Publication for Alumni and Friends Spring 2015 Volume 41, Number 1 BSC students experience business in the Big Apple BSC Birmingham-Southern College BSC Snapshots The BSC Symphonic Band performed at Birmingham’sBSC historic Snapshots Alabama Theatre on March 9.Sloss The Furnaces’ concert featuredmetal arts a variedsculptors set up a small repertoire offurnace music andfor wind melted and hundreds percussion of pounds of scrap and concludediron withoutside a full the ensembleKennedy Art Center/Azar Studios performanceon with Oct. the3. venue’sThe iron Mighty pour was held in conjunction Wurlitzer organ.with the Selected opening high of the school exhibition “Second Line” students performedby artist andalongside University the band. of North Florida professor Jenny Hager. Inside’Southern ’Southern magazine / Spring 2015 / Volume 41, Number 1 A Publication for Alumni and Friends Features BSC 10 A farewell to Gen. Krulak Departments 18 Business students get a taste of the Big Apple 2 Editor’s Note 28 Henrietta Boggs MacGuire: 4 Community News first lady of a revolution 10 Features 32 Alumni Affairs 36 Philanthropy On the Cover 40 Athletics A group of BSC business students took their learning experiences to a whole new level outside the 44 ClassNotes classroom in January, visiting several Fortune 500 60 ’Southern Voices companies and other sites in New York City. Here, the group walks through the World Trade Center. spring 2015 Editor’s Note Gen. Charles C. Krulak, President Bruce Rogers ’80, Chair, A time of change Board of Trustees Here on a college campus, we’re all about transitions. Every fall, we welcome a new batch of students— ’Southern magazine is published fresh young faces reveling in their independence and nervous about their next step. And every spring, by the Office of Alumni Affairs we say goodbye to the latest graduates, new adults eager to take on the world. Over their four years and the Office of Communications here, they change immensely, learning, growing, and becoming something greater than they ever at Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama 35254. expected. Non-profit postage paid at B’ham., AL Permit No. 2575. Yet, even as time whirls by in a blur, the campus itself remains unchanged. A few employees come and Postmaster: Send address changes go, but as a body, the faculty and the staff stay mostly the same. The cherry trees bloom each spring to: Alumni Affairs, Birmingham- and the ginkgos green up, then turn yellow and drop their leaves the following fall. A rhythm develops: Southern College, 900 Arkadelphia Orientation, Convocation, Winter Break, E-Term, Spring Break, Commencement. A deep breath, and Road, Box 549003, Birmingham, AL we begin once more. 35254; telephone (205) 226-4912; or access at www.bsc.edu/alumni. Right now, we are gearing up for a new transition. After four years, we’re saying goodbye not just to the ©2015 Birmingham-Southern Class of 2015, but also to our president, Gen. Charles C. Krulak, who is retiring June 1. I guarantee that College. more than the usual amount of tears will be shed when today’s seniors walk across that stage and accept Editorial Offices: their diplomas—and hearty hugs—from the man who has led Birmingham-Southern since they began 10 Stockham Building here. And now the staff and faculty, the alumni and supporters, are the ones keen to see what (and 900 Arkadelphia Road who) comes next. Box 549004 Birmingham, AL 35254 But one thing is certain: the Hilltop will remain, solid as the Alabama limestone it is built on. The Phone: (205) 226-4922 faculty will continue to teach, the students will continue to learn, and the busy life of the city will Fax: (205) 226-4931 E-mail: [email protected] continue just beyond the campus’ edge. And the number of BSC alumni—now stretched around the globe—will grow once more this May when the latest graduates take their places in the wider world. Executive Editor: Hannah Wolfson, Director of Forward, Ever! Communications Managing Editor: Pat Cole, MPPM ’11 Communications Hannah Wolfson Specialist Director of Communications Art Director: Tracy Thomas ’92, Director of Visual Identity and Publications Contributing Writers: Pat Cole, MPPM ’11, Presidential search nears final phase Communications Specialist Sarah Erreca, Director of You’ll read later in this issue about the work of our outgoing president, Gen. Charles Krulak. Sports Information As you hold these pages, a committee of alumni, trustees, faculty, and staff are interviewing Chris Wenning Lambert ’86, candidates for the position of BSC’s 14th president, with assistance from a national search firm. Director of Alumni Affairs At publication time, a first group of candidates had been selected from a pool of more than 65 and Stewardship Sumner Pilcher ’15, Senior applicants and nominations; they’ve been invited for in-person interviews in mid-April. There’s Business Administration Major still a chance for new candidates to enter the mix, too. Hannah Wolfson, Director Even as the search heats up, however, you’ll hear less and less about it. That’s not particular of Communications to BSC; it’s the industry standard in higher education. Confidentiality is key in hiring a college Photography: president. Many candidates currently hold positions of great trust and influence, and letting it be Wynter Byrd known that they’re applying elsewhere would jeopardize their current positions. Thomas Coiner “People back home will question your commitment and loyalty,” Katherine Haley, BSC’s advisor Cari Dean from the search firm Witt/Kieffer and a former college president herself, wrote last year in The Village Living Chronicle of Higher Education. “In fact, we’ve seen sitting presidents lose their positions because Jimmy Mitchell Michael Wade they were discovered to have been a finalist in another presidential search.” Archived photos The plan is for the committee to present three top candidates to the Board of Trustees, which Submitted Photos will make the final selection, to be announced in May. Until then, you can find more information www.bsc.edu about the search at www.bsc.edu/president. 2 / ’southern 2015 summersession …because life doesn’t stop in the summer Catch up or get ahead during our summer session! Why BSC Summer Session? • Small, personalized courses taught by BSC’s top-notch faculty • Easy-to-transfer credits at affordable prices • Tuition starts at $320/semester hour or $1,280 per course • Condensed schedule with 4-week or 8-week sessions • Conveniently offered on our safe, easy-to-access campus • Experience one of the country’s best colleges in your • Some courses available for qualified high school students own hometown Learn more at www.bsc.edu/SummerSession and sign up today! Full and half-term classes run between June 3 and July 30. BSC Birmingham-Southern College COMMUNITY NEWS BSC’s growing Media and Film Studies program emphasizes interdisciplinary studies Sidewalk Film Festival; student Colin Perry even had one of his short films, Relative—a class project— shown at the prestigious event. This year, the program has brought on Daniel Wheatcroft—an esteemed Hollywood producer and voting member of the Academy who was involved with the making, marketing, and distribution of blockbusters like Schindler’s List, Field of Dreams, and Apollo 13—as an adjunct instructor. And Resha himself just published a book, The Cinema of Errol Morris, analyzing Dr. David Resha gives instruction to sophomore MFS major Adam Cordelle in the the work of the influential director, Film Production II course. including commercial successes like The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of One of the newest programs at an innovative, interdisciplinary War. Birmingham-Southern is also one of approach that looks at all of these MFS majors have had their own the hottest these days. forms of media. Students examine filmmaking successes, too. Current The Media and Film Studies (MFS) films and their production, analyze student Sean Alexander’s short film, major, which launched in 2010, the cultural impact of mass media, One Way Out, won the President’s currently has 26 declared majors. and develop historical and cultural Award at the North Carolina Film Recent graduates have already been understandings of text. Awards. Elizabeth Hagale ’13, who accepted into the best film and “Film and media-making is is interning with the Huntsville media graduate programs in the inherently interdisciplinary, bringing production company Prototype country, including the University of together writing, photography, Multimedia, is executive producing Wisconsin-Madison, University of design, journalism, psychology, an episodic drama, Son of Somerset Chicago, USC, UCLA, and University and economics,” Resha said. “The Files, that appears on YouTube, of Texas-Austin. MFS program brings these diverse Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. It’s a tribute to the strength of the fields together while also allowing But what thrills Resha most is college’s broad-based approach to students to pursue one or more of watching MFS graduates succeed education, said Dr. David Resha, these elements in a more focused not just in filmmaking, but in a assistant professor of media and film way. This isn’t just distinctive from range of fields, including television, studies and director of the program. other film and media programs— advertising, education, and public “I’m incredibly proud and it’s also essential to properly relations. encouraged by the success we have understanding media and how it “I think this demonstrates the had so far,” Resha said. “We’ve had works.” strength of this type of education, some great acknowledgement of our But not all the learning happens and it’s the primary reason I wanted students’ talent and creative work.” inside the classroom. Each January, to teach at a liberal arts college,” Resha said BSC students seem Resha takes students to the Sundance Resha said.